A day after setting a new national time in the 100m hurdles, Jayarani Tharu of Tribhuvan Army Club shattered the women’s 400m hurdles record at the 44th National Athletics Championship on Saturday.

Jayarani timed 1 minute 7.2 seconds to win the 400m hurdles gold. The previous record in the category was 1:07.7, set by AFP Club’s Sabita Chaudhary at the Sixth National Games in 2012. Nirmala Thapa of Army won silver registering 1:08.7, a second ahead of Kalpana Shrestha of APF.

On Friday, Jayarani won the women’s 100m hurdles clocking 15.20 seconds to break the previous record of 16.38 seconds held by Pramila Tharu. Jayarani beat Prakriti Suwal of Bagmati Province by a huge 6.42 seconds. Mina Kumal, also from Bagmati, finished third.

Jayarani shone throughout the day on Saturday as she won two more golds—her fourth overall—at the Dasharath Stadium.

Jayarani teamed up with Saraswati Chaudhary, Ramita Tharu and Nirmala Thapa to win the women’s 4×100m relay with a time of 50.14. APF’s Ramita Kumari Tharu, Bagarathi Tharu, Sila Chaudhary and Sima Chaudhary came in second. Bagmati’s Lujla Amatya, Swagata Khaiju, Rejina Dulal and Prakrati Suwal finished third.

Jayarani also produced a 5.13 metre jump to win the long jump event. Sila Chaudhary of Army was second and Sima Chaudhary of Police was third.

APF’s Salim Diram clinched the men’s long jump with a 6.85 metre leap. Sher Bahadur Bista of Army and Sudip Tharu of Lumbini Province won silver and bronze, respectively.

-Men’s 110 hurdles record-

Jeevan Tharu of Army set a new record in the men’s 110m hurdles completing the distance in 14.96 seconds, bettering his own record of 15.60 seconds. Jeevan’s departmental teammate Deependra Aair was 1.01 seconds behind and won silver while Milan Chaudhary of APF clocked 16.60 to finish third.

Jeevan also claimed silver medals in the men’s 400m hurdles and men’s 4×100m relay.

Jeevan finished the 400m hurdles in 56.7 seconds, 0.8 seconds behind his teammate Ram Prasad Tharu, who took 55.9 seconds to win gold. Mukesh Thakur of Madhesh Province walked away with a bronze.

In men’s 4×100m relay, Jeevan’s team of Shiva Khadka, Bibash Tharu and Anandadev Chaudhary were 0.41 seconds behind APF’s team comprising Shivaraj Parki, Yubaraj BK, Ashish Chaudhary and Nir Pratap Mahato, who won gold with a time of 43.24 seconds.

In the men’s 800m race, Som Bahadur Kumal of Army produced 1:56.15 to win gold. Army’s Sunil Sunar was second clocking 1:56.72. Nepal Police Club’s Tej Bahadur Karki won bronze after he completed the race in 1:56.79.

In women’s 800m, APF’s Phoolmati Rana won gold with a time of 2:16.8. Ram Maya Budha of Karnali Province came second timing 2:20.5 and Army’s Radhika Shrestha took 2:27.7 to secure third position.

Parki of APF won the 200m event with 21.92 seconds. Dilli Bhandari of Karnali, who completed the distance in 22.41, and APF’s Ashish Chaudhary, who took 22.50, won silver and bronze, respectively.

In women’s 200m, Saraswati of Army bagged gold recording 25.48 seconds, 0.54 seconds ahead of APF’s Ramita Kumari Tharu. Bagmati’s Amatya won silver.

Chandrakala Lamghadi of Police hurled 44.12 metres to win the women’s javelin throw. Rohit Chaudhary of Army won the men’s javelin throw in 61.60 metres.